Anika Kumar
The acute shortage of staff, including doctors, nurses and plumbing, has become a curse on the patients admitted to COVID-19 hospitals in Vizianagaram and Srikakulam districts. A similar situation prevails in the private COVID hospitals. The authorities are unable to cope with the onslaught of patients as they have not been able to deploy the … Read more
Protests by leaders of the Amaravati Parirakshana Samithi Joint Action Committee (JAC) in support of their demand that the YSRCP government drop its three capital formula and allow Amaravati to continue being the only capital of the state will turn 500 on Friday Take days. At the same time as the occasion, the leaders of … Read more
Telugu Desam Party’s national president N Chandrababu Naidu said TDP offices and workers will provide free services to COVID patients to get online medical help. The party will also help get hospital beds for serious patients. In a statement on Thursday, Mr Naidu asked those in need to contact the TDP offices nearby so they … Read more
Strong decline in occupancy and high operating costs due to the COVID-19 protocols cited as the reasons After a surge in COVID-19 cases, curtains are back for the cinemas again and Durga Mahal in the Patamata neighborhood in the city is the last to join the list of theaters to suspend shows. Annapoorna and Sakuntala … Read more
Andhra Pradesh State Road Transport Corporation’s vice chairman and general manager RP Thakur said Thursday that the welfare of employees is a top priority for management in the current pandemic. In a statement, he said that the main hospitals built in Vidyadharapuram should serve the medical needs of staff both on duty and in retirement. … Read more
The state has again peaked in daily infections with 14,792 cases and 57 deaths in the 24 hours through Thursday. The cumulative balance rose to 10,84,336 and the toll reached 7,928. A large number of 8,188 patients recovered the previous day, yet the number of active patients was the highest ever at 1,14,158. The number … Read more
Police Director General D. Gautam Sawang has urged the public to notify authorities of any unauthorized sales of remdesivir and oxygen using the number 100 or 1902. In a press release, Mr. Sawang said the police, vigilance, enforcement and health departments are jointly enforcing the sale and delivery of drugs, oxygen and hospital care across … Read more
A farmer, Vijayaram, from Pinagudurlanka in Krishna donated various organic products to the hill temple on Thursday. He donated rice weighing 2,200 kg, vegetables, bananas and jaggery as well as desi cow ghee (15 kg), which were enough to meet the requirements of “Naivedhyam” for 10 days. TTD’s additional managing director, AV Dharma Reddy, who … Read more
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) has described reports published in part of the media that its Executive Officer KS Jawahar Reddy has been transferred as “unfounded”. Mr. Reddy was recently named chairman of the COVID state command control center, which is an added responsibility given his extensive experience in successfully dealing with the pandemic last year … Read more
Health Minister Alla Kali Krishna Srinivas said 37,000 beds are being prepared for COVID-19 patients and 62 lakh people have been given vaccines so far. There was no shortage of oxygen and remdesivir injections, he told the media after taking stock of the situation at a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) at APIIC … Read more